I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
“The principle of ‘network neutrality’ is freedom to access any legal, online content without restrictions from Internet service providers,” Sen. Tom Udall wrote in a Politico opinion piece, expressing his support for net neutrality. Udall also outlined what he sees as the best way to institute net neutrality.
Net neutrality refers to the idea that in order to be most useful, the Internet shouldn’t discriminate among users. Some Internet service providers want to be able to decide who gets access to faster Internet and who has to use the slow lane; critics say that isn’t fair.
In outlining his support for net neutrality, Udall also defended the concept that has been under attack from conservatives.
Opposition claims that this partial reclassification of Internet services amounts to a government takeover of the Internet are patently false and outrageous. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has made clear that the agency’s “policies should not include regulating Internet content, constraining reasonable network management practices of broadband providers or stifling new business models or managed services that are pro-consumer and foster innovation and competition.”
Proponents of net neutrality were dealt a blow when a federal court ruled against net neutrality.
